Clinical predictors for testicular torsion as seen in the pediatric ED

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 786-789

  Beni Israel, Tali ^a   Goldman, Michael ^a,b   Bar Chaim, Shmual ^a   Kozer, Eran ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE SCROTUM; ARTICLE; CHILD; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; HYDROCELE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCROTAL PAIN; TESTIS TORSION; VARICOCELE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAUSALITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; NAUSEA; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VOMITING;

EID: 77956574960     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2009.03.025     Document Type: Article

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